"We should just clarify -- there's no tailings ponds associated with this project," and leaves after a brief argument with members of the Tahltan Nation.

The Sacred Headwaters, known as "Klabona" by the Tahltan, is the source of the Stikine, Nass, and Skeena, three of Northern BC’s major salmon-bearing rivers.

The Tahltan First Nation have worked with northern BC communities to oppose development projects before: Royal Dutch Shell abandoned coal-bed methane development in the Sacred Headwaters, due to an anti-drilling campaign. But Fortune Minerals has been pushing to get approval of the Arctos Anthracite coal project, which the company said will generate $10-billion in revenue. Last month, the Tahltan served Fortune Minerals with an eviction notice, warning them not to engage in further mining exploration in their territory.